3rd International Weed Conference


"Weed problems and management challenges: Future perspectives"

20-23 December, 2022

Venue: Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, INDIA

Conference speakers

Plenary lecture
"Current status of biological control of weeds and future perspectives"
Martin P. Hill
South Africa
Plenary lecture
"Sustainable weed management in rice-wheat systems: Myth and reality"
R.K. Malik
India
Plenary lecture
"GM and non-GM herbicide tolerant crops: current status, challenges and perspectives"
N.T. Yaduraju
India
Plenary lecture
"Allelopathy utilization for weed control: Challenges and perspectives"
Yoshiharu FUJII
Japan
Plenary lecture
"Bioavailability of allelochemicals in soil environment under climate change: Challenges and Perspectives"
Prasanta Bhowmik
USA
Plenary lecture
"Current herbicide development scenario: Need to launch reduced risk herbicides "
Shoumo Mitra
SINGAPORE
Plenary lecture
"Herbicide resistance in weeds: Global status, management challenges and perspectives"
Samunder Singh
India
Plenary lecture
"Weed biology and ecology: an important science to make strategies for weed management"
B.S. Chauhan
Australia
Plenary lecture
"Increasing problems of alien invasive weeds in the world: Management challenges and future perspectives"
R.M. Kathiresan
India
Lead lecture
"Weed management in conservation agriculture systems in India: Myths, realities and way forward"
A.R. Sharma
India
Lead lecture
"Weed Management in smallholder rice production in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities"
Virender Kumar
Philippines
Lead lecture
"Ecology and management of wild oats under Australian conditions"
Gulshan Mahajan
India
Lead lecture
"Application of digital technologies for weed detection and precision management"
Muthu Bagavathiannan
USA
Lead lecture
"The stress tolerance mechanism and its implication for climate resilient agriculture"
Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Bangladesh
Lead lecture
"Pollen-mediated gene flow and transfer of herbicide-resistant alleles from herbicide-resistant to susceptible weeds"
Amit J. Jhala
USA
Lead lecture
"Need of South Asia Regional Network for Invasive Alien Species (SARNIAS)"
Bharat B Shrestha
Nepal
Lead lecture
"People Participatory Model for Value Addition & Utilization of Invasive Aquatic Weeds, with special reference to Water Hyacinth"
G. Nagendra Prabhu
India
Lead lecture
"Monitoring of water hyacinth spread using remote sensing techniques: Challenges and future developments"
Aviraj Datta
India

Conference Sponsors


Call for Papers

Submission of abstract
You are cordially invited to submit an abstract for your contribution to the conference in the form of a poster or an oral presentation.
Abstract submission deadline up to 30th September, 2022
How to submit an abstract
You will have to register first in order to submit a paper online. After register, login your page and submit your abstract as per the format. Each first author is entitled to submit one contribution, i.e. one talk or one poster. To submit an abstract of your contribution, please follow the instructions on the online submission form and fill in the appropriate fields. Abstracts should be limited 450 to 550 words.

The conference would cover the following sub themes related to Weed Science

Weed biology and ecology

Herbicide resistance

Weeds under global climate change

Integrated weed management in major crops, cropping systems, non-crop areas & aquatic environment

New ways to deal with weeds, i.e. new technologies

Weed utilization

Weeds and biodiversity

Herbicides and environment

Weed science education

Contact person

Sushil kumar

Convenor, 3rd IWC, President, ISWS

J.S. Mishra

Organizing Secretary, 3rd IWC

V.K. Choudhary

Treasurer, ISWS

Gyanendra P Singh

Website Support & Office Manager